package wx.xml.stax.api.stream.events;

/**
 * An interface that contains information about a namespace.
 * Namespaces are accessed from a StartElement.
 *
 * @author Copyright (c) 2003 by BEA Systems. All Rights Reserved.
 * @version 1.0
 * @see StartElement
 */
public interface Namespace extends Attribute {

    /**
     * Gets the prefix, returns "" if this is a default
     * namespace declaration.
     */
    public String getPrefix();

    /**
     * Gets the uri bound to the prefix of this namespace
     */
    public String getNamespaceURI();

    /**
     * returns true if this attribute declares the default namespace
     */
    public boolean isDefaultNamespaceDeclaration();
}
